Berlin’s Pergamon Museum has rejected calls to return the giant altar to its place of origin. Visitors look at the frescos and the Pergamon altar in the altar room at Pergamon Museum in Berlin, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BERLIN (AP) — Berlin's museums authority says one of the city's best-known cultural treasures, the 2nd century B.C. Pergamon Altar ...

The estimated cost of renovation and expansion of Berlin’s Pergamon Museum has almost doubled to €477 million ($526 million) above the initial estimate of €261 million ($288 million) due to unforeseen ...

BERLIN (AFP) ― The Great Altar of Pergamon, a sculpted frieze dating from the 2nd century B.C. and one of Berlin’s top tourist attractions, will be closed for repair work from 2014, the museum said ...

Berlin’s Pergamon Museum is losing its star attraction for five years. Sunday is the last day to see the Pergamon Altar in Berlin's most famous museum. Almost 1.5 million people visited the Pergamon ...

The altar, decorated with a marble frieze, was built between 197 and 156 B.C. in the present-day Turkish town of Bergama. It's the centerpiece of Berlin's Pergamon Museum. The museum is being restored ...

BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin's museums authority says one of the city's best-known cultural treasures, the 2nd-century B.C. Pergamon Altar, will be shut to visitors for up to five years from September for ...